if we take Complement operator before variable then why the value of that variable increases by 1 but the binary equivalent of that value is not true ?

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public class bitwise
{
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
           int x=28;
           System.out.println(~x);
    }
}

Posted 29-Oct-11 4:35am

Updated 29-Oct-11 8:18am

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Philippe Mori 29-Oct-11 14:59pm

~28 would give -29. What are you expecting as the answer.

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2011-10-29T04:52:00

You have used the complement operator; the NOT operator is the exclamation mark !

Posted 29-Oct-11 4:52am